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Too much of any one food isn’t a great idea.   I’m using carrots as an example because of a recent email exchange I had with a blog reader, who reminded me of something funny I experienced myself, years ago. I began doing a lot of my own cooking at a pretty young age.  I […]

This topic comes from a suggestion from a reader; and what a good one it is! Here’s what he had to say:  “I eat my fair share of wild salmon raw with avocado on top on the weekly basis, however, I do consume a lot of organic free-range chicken breast tenderloins and turkey breast cutlets, […]

Oh, please, just leave it alone! Care for some low fat frozen yogurt, diet cookies, fat free frozen pizza, 100-calorie bags of chips, no carb energy bars and chewing gum with an appetite suppressant in it?  Oh, and don’t forget some pills that will simultaneously make your skin appear more tan and ‘give you energy’ […]

If you’re a conscientious shopper, you’re already hip to the fact that what you might see at the butcher’s counter is confusing, to say the least, and I’m not referring to deciphering what cuts come from which parts of an animal. I’m talking labeling on meat. What does it mean and can we trust it? […]